178 BOSCIAN BLENNY. 



sometimes is marked along the sides by several 

 small whitish specks : the head is large, sloping 

 suddenly to the inouth : the teeth slender, very 

 sharp, and close-set : the irides red : the pectoral 

 fins broad and rounded, consisting of about thir- 

 teen rays : the ventral small, consisting of only 

 two thick rays separated at the ends : the dorsal 

 fin reaches from the hind part of the head almost to 

 the tail: the vent is placed about the middle of 

 the abdomen, and the anal fin reaches from thence 

 nearly to the tail, which is rounded at the end. 



BOSCIAN BLENNY. 



Blennius Boscianus. JB. olivaceus, albidofuscoque nebulosus> am 



in medio corporis. 

 Olivaceous Blenny with brown and whitish clouds, and vent 



in the middle of the body. 

 Le Blennie Besquien. Cepede 2. p. 493. pi. 13. f. 1. 



NATIVE of the American seas, and very common 

 in the bay of Charles-Town. It is extremely 

 nearly allied to the Blennius Pholis, and like that 

 species bites hard when taken : length about three 

 inches and a half: colour olive, with whitish clouds 

 or variegations, and obscure brown streaks : head 

 inclining to a sub-triangular form : front whitish 

 and flattish : eyes small : irides yellow : each jaw 

 armed with very numerous, small, crooked teeth : 

 body mucous, compressed, without apparent scales : 

 fins spotted with brown : pectoral fins of moderate 



